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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-19
Return of the President.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1S.-The presidential
party, consisting ofshimself and Mrs. Cleveland,
Secretary Bayard. and Colonel and Mrs La
mont arrived in Washington from Philadelphia
about o'clock this morning, in the special car
of President Roberts. of the Pennsylvania rail-
road. Owing to the late hour there were none
but the train hands and belated passengers at
the station Carriages were in waiting. and the
party Immediately entered them and
driven to their several homes. The President
and Mrs. Cleveland went to the White House,
where they remained until the afternoon, when
they rode out to Oakview. They were much
fatigued from their constant round of recep-
tions, though highly delighted with the trip.
They regarded the celebration a mpete
success and great demonstration, and have
nothing but praise for their reception while in
the Quaker City.
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TELEGRAPHIC BREFITIES.

At Trenton, N j., last night, Mercer Beasley
jr.. son of Chief-ju justice Beasley. of New jersey
shot himself In the head and died In short
time No causefor the act is known. He was
brilliant lawyer.
Frank w. Maxon a wealthy stock breeder of
the town of Walworth. Wis. was gored to
death, Thursday. evening. by a blooded bull
which he was leading to water. Deceased was
sixty years of age, and leaves widow.
A collision occurred late on Thursday night.
the Iron Mountain railroad, north of Nettle-
ton, between two construction trains, which re-
suited in the killing of three men and severely
injuring seven others. Both engines were badly
wreckea
The rumor that the Eau Claire Lumber Com
pany sold out is confirmed. The company's saw
mills and other property at Eau Claire and
Standing Pine, on the Eau Claire river.
stated on good authority TO have been bought by
the Mississippi Valley Logging Company
At st. Joseph. Mo-, Charles McNichols and
Joseph Chamberlain. brothers in-law, engaged
in a fight over some family affair and both mon
drew knives. Chamberlain received slight cut
in the side of the neck, while McNichois was
partially disemboweled. dying shortly after.
Chamberlain Is in jail.
a. B. Parment. postmaster at Middleton,
Wis. for twenty years, was arrested yesterday
by the federal authorities and lodged in Jail at
Marion. His arrest causes a profound sensation,
as he held in the highest esteem. He is
charged with embezzling $500 Of government
funds. and with making false returns to the
Postofice Department. whereby he was able to
secure $500 more salary per annum than he was
entitled to.
A. r. posts in Chicago about place being pur-
chased and set apart, to be known as a q. A. Il.
burial place for the interment of comrades who
die and have no last resting-place for their re-
mains. 1t has been suggested that land be
bought in eligible place, easy of access
and cemetery be laid out, to be known as the
rades, their families and friends including the
Sons of Veterans.
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GLOWING TRIBUTE TO AMERICA.
Where Brains, Energy, Integrity and Pfuc
Are the Talismans to- Success.


From henry Clews's Forthcoming Book
In this country no one cares about ancestry.
The spectacle of Mark Twain weeping at the
tomb Of Adam is humorous expression OF
ancestry. To save time ne paid his devoirs to
the fountain head without stopping at the
Guelphs, the Tudors. the Bourbons the
Hohenzollerns, the Hapsburgs the
Romanoffs There is no time, if there were any
wish. in this great country, shaking to the tread
of gigantic business. to inquire, wv no was his
father" There is only time for such Ques-
tons What do you knows" What can you
dog How have you succeeded Integrity and
ability stand man In better stead In America
than purple veins of Norman blood. Even in
the arstocracy, so to speak of brains. ancestry
in one sense. far from being az advantage, is
apt to be precisely the reverse. son
of Henry Clay or Daniel Webster can
hope to gain the lofty pre-eminence of
his sire, and he suffers by the comparison.
Great men do not always have great cons. For
one Pitt, the son of great Chatham. there are
hundreds of sons who intellectually dishonor
great fathers. Brains, intelligence, industry,
energy and pluck; these the talismanic
words which stand for success in America, where
ghost of dead feudaism hovers over the
land, darkening it by its blightiug presence. In
England the first question, silly echo of cen
turtles. is, ..Who is his fatherl" But who
the robllity2 Have they any title as
such to the respect of right-thinking
personsq The nobility is running to
seed rather the once noble tree is whitening
and dying; it has borne it's fruit and in time has
passed away. In Scriptural language. why
cumbereth it the erourdl How many Of the
nobility are worthless roues, habitua Sc
ducers dried up and half consumed by the fires
of passion and debauchery! They dy-
ing as the fool dieth. with drunken leer on
their shrunken faces and the stain of dishonor
on their escutcheons The Commons Of England
will yet redeem it from the thraldom of
worthless aristocracy. America is the true
field for the human race. 1t is the hope and
the asylum for the oppressed SEN. and the
is the inspiring example of America-peerless
among the nations of the earth. the brightest star
in the political frmament-that is leavening the
hard lump of aristocracy and promoting DEM
ocratic spirit throughout the world. 1t is indeed
the gem of the ocean, to which the world may
offer homage. Here merit is the sole fat.
Birth is nothing The fittest survive. Merit is
the supreme and only qualification necessary to
success. Intelligence rules worlds and systems
of worlds. 1t is the dread monarch of illimt-
able space, and in human society. especially in
America it shines diadem on the foreheads
of those who stand in the foremost ranks of
human enterprise Here only natural order
of nobility is recognized, and its motto, without
coatof arms boast of heraldry, is "Intelli-
gence and integrity"
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Arctic Cold.
st. Nicholas.


1T is impossible to form any idea of temp.
est in tho Polar seas. The icebergs like
floating rocks whirled along a rapid current
The huge crystal noun aims dash against each
other. backward and forward, bursting with q
roar like thunder, and returning to the charge
until. losing their equilibrium, they tumble ov-
in cloud OF spray, upheaving the ice fields.
which fall afterward like the crack of a whip-lash
on the boiling The gulls fly away scream
ing and often black shining whale comes for
an instant putting to the surface. When the
midnight grazes the horizon, the floating
mountains and the rocks seem immersed In
wave of beautiful light The cold is by no
means insupportable might be supposed.
We passed from heated cabin at 800 aboveze-
to 47o below in the open air without in
convenience. A much higher degree of cold
becomes, however insufferabe If there Is wind.
AT 15o below steam, as If from a boiling
kettle. rises from the water. At once, frozen by
the wind, it falls into a find powder. This phe-
nomenon is called sea smoke. AT 400 the snow
and human bodies also smoke. which smoke at
changes into millions of tiny particles. like
needles of ice which fill the air and make light
continuous noise like the rustic of stiff silk.
At this temperature the trunks of trees burst
with loud report. the rocks break UP, and the
earth opens and vomits smoking water. knives
break in cutting butter. Cigars go out by con-
tact with the ice on the beard. To talk IS IA
tiguing At night the eyelids are covered with a
crust Of ice, which must be carefully removed
before one can open them.
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Southeast NJ. e. Conference.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
EDINBURG, Sept 17.-To-day's session of the
Southeast Indiana Conference opened with de-
vot,onal services conducted by Rev. Joseph
Harrington. Rev. W. J. Vigus. Stale
agent of the American Bible Society,
was introduced. and in a short ad-
dress represented the interests and needs OF his
work DR.. John. of De PAW University,
was granted leave of absence DR..
Jenkins the newy-elected president of
Moore's Hill College, addressed the body,
making very earnest plea in behalf
of that institution, asking for larger financial
SUPPORT and an increased number of students.
The committee on memoirs made their re-
port. paying tributes of respect to the
memories of Bishop Harris, DIR. Curry, Aaron
Wood Reuben Andrus and William Evans.
Rev j. C. HartZell, d. D., the assistant cor
responding secretary of the freedman Ala So
ciety made AT address. touching the wonder
full successes which have crowned the efforts or
the Methodist Church among the Freedmen.
J. G. Chaffee and @. l.. Curtis were elected re-
serve delegates to the General Conference
Several of the standing committees made their
reports. The report the Preachers Aid So
ciety drew out lively discussion. az 1t pro-
posed to put financial agent in the field to IN
crease the funds of the society. The resolution
did not prevail
The afternoon was taken by the ladies OF the
Home Missionary Society. who held good meet
Ing in the interests OF their work.
In the evening the anniversary OF the Freed
mems Aid Society Was held. with q stirring ad-
dress from Rev. j. c. Hartzell
The pulpits OF the city will all be filled to-
morrow by visiting ministers and members of
the conference.
Much praise is accorded the citizens of Ed n
burg for the handsome manner in which they
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OBITUARY.

Joseph CilIey, Once Senator of this United
States from New Hampshire.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18.-Ex-Senator Joseph
Cilley of New Hampshire, whose death is an
nounced at the age of ninety-s was appointed
to succeed Senator Levi Woodbury.. previously
Secretary of the Navy and Secretary of the
Treasuary in the Cabinets of Presidents jack
son and Van Buren,, who had resigned from the
Senate to accept the appointment of associate
Justice of the Supreme Court of the United
States. in which position he died Mr.. Cilley
served in the Senate from Jan. 13 1886 to
March 8, 1847, and was succeeded by Senator
John P. Hale. Congressman Jonathan Cilley,
killed in the memorable duel with Congressman
Graves. of Kentucky, fought at Bladensburg.
near Washington, Feb "a, 1888 was his brother.
The duel was fought with rifles at eighty yards.
and Cilley fell mortaly wounded at the third
fire. Mr. Graves served in Congress In 1883,
and died at Louisville Sept. 81, 184S.
Simon Cameron is now the oldest surviving
ex-senator. He was born in 1901, and is toll
lowed by ex-senator James Bradbury, of Maine,
born in 1905: Jefferson Davis. born in 1905. and
Hannibal Hamlin, born in 1909. Mr.. Cameron
served in the Senate with Messrs. Cilley, Brad
bury, Jefferson Davis and Hamlin.
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MINOR MATTERS.
Commissioners Sparks Approves Recommen-
dations of Surveyor-GeneraIJ Julian.

Commissioned Sparks Approves Recommen-
dations of Surveyor-General Julian.
WASHINGTON, Sept 1S.-Commissioner
Sparks, of the General Land Office. has received
q report from the survey general OF New Mex
leo upon the private land claim known as the
Pablo Montoy. recommending that an investi-
CATION be had in the field for the purpose of To-
eating the boundaries of the grant, with a view
to the institution of suit to vacate the patent
now outstanding. The recommendation was
approved by the Commissioners. The grant, as
patented, contains 655, 1853 acres The surveyor
general in his letter expresses the opinion that
under the Mexican law of 1924 the graft was
limited TO eleven square leagues. or about 4S, 900
acres and that proper survey, even as the
boundaries are now located, would reduce the
area to fully one-half of the amount claimed
Commissioner Sparks has also received and or
dered transmitted to the Secretary of the In
terror a report from the surveyor general of
New Mexico recommending that suit be brought
to set aside the patent of Antonio Ortiz, No. AZ,
in New Mexico, on account CT fraud or mistake
in the execution of it's survey. The surveyor
general estimates that this survey probably in
cludes GO, 900 acres in excess Of the grant. The
Commissioner approves the recommendation Of
the surveyor-general
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ILLINOIS.
An Urgent Inquiry for Relatives of the Late
T

An Urgent Inquiry for Relatives of the Late
j. Nj. Hogan.
Special to the indianapolis journal.
PARIS Sept. 18-There died in this CITY, re-
Gently, an old soldier named L. NJ. Hogan,
harness maker by trade Since his death the
local post of the G. A. r. have been trying to
find some of his relatives, but have not been
able to determine where any of them live. Ho-
gan has q brother living somewhere in Indiana.
J. NJ. Hogan mem Der of the Twenty-fourth
Regiment Indiana Volunteers, and served thir-
teen months in the late war. He had been in
this city six weeks prior to his death, and died
very suddenly of heart disease. Any inquiries
addressed to DR.. Y. T. Baum, of this city. will
be promptly answered DR.. Baum is endeavor-
ing to notify his relatives, if any are alive, of
his death. He was not pensioned
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Indiana Pensions.
Washington Special.
Pensions have been granted the following

Washington Special.
Pensions have been granted the following.
named 1ndianians:
Dial, father of VIM. HoTstt. Hun tington; Dorothy
Martha j.. widow of Oliver n. Cunningham. Odon;
Nancy, widow qf Jos; ". Boiling, Broxnstown;
Vernon; Morris Agley. Plymouth; VIM. S. stratton.
Hardinsburg; Ferdinant Lehman, Tell City; Jas.
N Cunningham, deceased, odon; Geo Hearth, Evans
ville Jeremiah Hanley. Terre Haute; Samuel Bench,
Munee, Daniel W Beais Alton; John Wright.
Grantsburg; Henry II. Prall. Henryville: Am
sparta; Morrison Gordon. eampbellsburg; Mary J.
Wallace, former widow of VIM. Walker. MacksvIe:
Sarah A. widow of John d. P. A. M. Chauncev, Madi-
son; Harrison J, Steinbarger, Jonesville; John W.
Dreamer. Summitville; Nikolaus Keyer, SanPierre;
Lansing Chesterton; Jacob N WircL Star City; Sol
ONION Jewell, Terre Haute; Ira Nelson, Hamilton;
ayep pse
Phebe j.. widow of Jesse Smith, Wnamac Charlotte,
wdOw Of James " Risk Sar6srsve MSIths A.
Barboursville; Moses E. Soulss Terre Haute; Sey-
Gncrease~Robert E. Hall. Centre Square; Jakob
Backer Bremen; James S. Halsey, Clarksburg; Chas.
w. Benton Brownstown; VIM. II. Watts, Jonesville;
Peter Eshelman. Crawfordsville; Robert A. Smith,
Greensboro; VIM T. Lnson, MOOre's Vineyard; Jas;
NJ. Kirk, Spencer Jesse Haddon, Carlisle; Silas v:
White. Clay City; Robert Petty. PleOna Michael
seltzer. Ly1nvle; VIM: Smith, Lynnyille; N W!n
Rarick Winamac: Jos. V. Ship. Morristown; Andrew
H Smith. Zenas Isaac Froman, Mt Sterling;
,a Noses G. Senan sh fnaianapos jscob asEn
Fisherburg; Dennis Driscol Evansville John Beaws,
Spencerville; Josiah Reghard Forest Jos. G. Miller,
Cromwel Caspar Suly, Tell City; Moses L. McIn-
tyre. Ft. Branch George w Coughlan. Cory; John
9. Davidson, Nebraska John b. Popham, Leaven-
worth; John Wingler. Wakeland; Lewis Baumunk.
Clay City; Charles H Dressler, Bowling Green;
George Gentry, Folsomville Andrew J. Wilson, Lake
Cicott; Theodore Wilkes, Waldron; David r. Skel-
ton Lena: Andrew j. Holsapple, Paragon; William
l.. Davis, Evansville; Francis VI. Ramsey. indian
Greenfield: A.
Charlottesville; George W. Morris, kokomo; Allen
Greed, Sugar Creek George II. Given, Brookston.
Reissues, &c.-John Kelly Anderson; Isaiah
Crouch. Gosport; Isaac Doll, Indianapolis; Philip j.
LANCER, deceased Wisahckou; James NJ. Noel, Now
ark, Jesse Smith, deceased. Winamac; Harvey Tay-
Tor. Raglesvilie: Herman Hamelman, Leota; Corne-
Illus Hsggerty, indianapolis.
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Brief Mention.

Charles R. Wilson, deputy postmaster of
Sterling was killed at the Ogle county fair
races on Friday. He driving his trotting
horse Zulu, collided with another horse, and
was thrown upon his head.
Nothing has yet been heard of the men who
murdered and robbed John G.. Rockers,
Jones oro. last Friday morning. 1t is supposed
they are in South western Missouri or Arkansas.
The county commissioners have offered
ward of 800 for the arrest and conviction of
each of the men.
On Saturday Hezekiah Bacon, of Jackson
Vile. cut his throat with butcher knife and
died immediately Mr. Bacon was a carpet
weaver and dealer in junk and reasonably well
off. 1t is supposed be lost his reason from
worrying over his liabilities and took his life
when In that condition.
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SPEED ON THE RAIL.
An Eng in eer Tells Why 1t Is Sometimes Safer
to Travel Fast.

New York star.
s.Of course an accident on a railroad is an
event that can occur any tme, no matter how
great the precautions are" said an old West
Shore engineer Il have railroaded many years
at least twenty-and my experience has been
varied and at times exciting have faced death
more than once and have averted many POSI-
BILE disasters by keeping cool brain and firm
hand upon the throttle.
II have run directly through the jaws Of death
to save the lives of passengers, whereas had !
endeavored to have Stunned the danger ahead
many liues would have been lost.
ION general principles there is less danger in
running a train swiftly than slowly. The rea-
son is obvious. / have run my train-when be-
hind tine-at as high speed as sixty five and
seventy miles an hour, and have passed safely
over loose rails that would have thrown my en-
CINE from the track had l been running more
slowly. The momentum carried me over safely.
IAN engineer seldom, if ever, thinks of his
personal safety at tho expense of those whose
lives intr1sted to his care, but have driven
ahead at great velocity over dangers that, had
i previously known of their existence L would
have slowed up, and, as l before said, nave
speeded where l knew there danger. and
that very spurt of speed has saved nv train"
Engines will jump the track quicker over
light places at moderate speed than at express
time, and we are as safe In running around
curves at high rate of speed as when at twenty
miles an hour. in fact. safer. You see, the IN
cline of a track-or the rails on one side OF
curve being higher than those opposite-ls de-
cidedy necessary for fast running, and there IS
no danger in the elevation. A train carries It
self around curve with tno momentum IL mas
gained before reaching the point Ii an en-
gineer made a squirt just before or as he reached
the curve his engine could hardly fail to jump
Again. if brakes are put on hard and the wheels
thus clogged instead of allowing the coaches to
swing readily and easily as they reach and
round the curve. the humping of one car against
the other might send all off the track
1.-THE secret of the rapid running around
curves lies in the fact OF the rail elevation on
one side, and that the fanges on the wheels hug
the rails with death grip. thus making the
pressure so great that it is almost impossibls to
leave the track unceremoniously.
IAN engine in good order is as tractable as q
lamb and apparently endowed with human in
telligence. l tell you OF a circumstance
that makes me believe engine has human in
sehgence locomotiyely speaking. In 1878
was running on a Western road. and left Chicago
on one of the stormiest nights l ever saw. had
orders TO speed, as l had theatrical party on
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martial of the Louisville Legion in the case Of
William g. Patterson. Patterson was a member
of Battery A, Louisville Light Infantry. and
went with the State troops to Rowan county,
trials there. After short stay. Patterson got
tired and wanted to. return home on a trivial
pretext land upon being denied the desired fur
Tough deserted. The court-martial sentenced
him to ninety days confinement in the Louis
Vile jail and a fine of 800. The case has caused
a profound sensation in military circles.
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Losses by Fire.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
MICHIGAN CITY. Sept. 1S.-At about o'clock
this morning the Louisville, New Albany &
Chicago round-house took fire and all that
burnable about 1t consumed. Two fine
locomotives were destroyed. made useless.
also was the stationary engine n the shop and
all the machinery. The fire Is suppose to have
originated in the oil room, and it is thought. was
spontaneous. The loss is estimated at about
$780, 00
ASHLAND, H.. Sept. 18.-Fire last evening
destroyed a number of the best business houses
here The losses aggregate nearly $4,000; in
surance is full.
KEYPoRT, n. Y, Sept. 18.-The Lorillard
brick-works were burned to-day. The loss is
estimated at $l50,000 of which $50. 900 is
machinery.
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Reunion of the Fiftteth Regiment.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
MITCHELL, Sept. 1z-To-day closed three
DAYS reunion of the Fiftieth Indiana Regiment
at this place. The meetings were held In
Sheek's Grove, just east of town. A large num-
Der of soldiers and their friends have been In
attendance, and the utmost harmony has pre-
vailed Speeches were made by prominent
soldiers and war songs were sung When the
choir would sing John Browns Body, "Hang
Jeff Davis" and "Rally Round the Flag. Boys.
the soldiers Joined in with hearty good Will,
shaking hands and singing as loud as their
lungs capacity would allow. Speeches were
made by several, and the order to return the
rebel flags was unanimously condemned The
bows in blue ordered countermand; 1t was
granted as by a whirlwind, and the flags re-
main where they belong, and they shall stay
there" were the ringing words of one of the
W. F. Edwards and John r. Simp-
son. of Paol, made effective speeches
Up to noon to-day $40 soldiers had registered.
some being present from Kansas. Illinois. ONO,
and New York. The following officers OF the
Fiftieth Regiment were in attendance: Col 3.
IT, Wells. of Balonia; Adj. j. r. Simpson. OF
Paoli; Capt Borough, of Co. A, and Cart
Miller, of Go. l. Among those in attendance
from abroad were noticed A. f. Berry, OF river
vale, first lieutenant Co. +. ex-sienal othcer;
A. j. Burrell, of Arkansas City, captain Company
A. Fiftieth and j. b. Cosner. OF keighly. Kan,
Company K Seventeenth Indiana The success
of the reunion is largely due to the efforts or
the G.. A. r. post located at this point. This
morning a sham battle was fought The re-
union will be held at Salem next year.
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are entertaining the conference. Being the
casion of the union of clerical and lay confer
ences insuring double the ordinary numbers to
be entertained, it was feared by many that the
hospitality of the citizens would be overcrowd-
ed But Edinburg has proved more than equal
to the occasion, having provided for all. with
room to spare. The pastor. Rev. j. w. Turner,
has the thanks of all visitors for the attention
he has given to their comfort.
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Supposed Suicide of y Physician.

Special to the fndianapolis Journal.
CoRYpoN. Sept 1S.-Dr. Thomas j. Stevens
was found in an unconscious state in his water
closet at this place early yesterday morning.
The mem bers of his family supposed that he
was in bed as he usually slept in room alone;
and they did not know when he bad gone to the
place where ne was found. He died at 9 o'clock,
although every physician in town was called to
attend him. He was leading physician of the
town but was financially embarrassed and had
been drinking to exc ess. 1t is supposed that be
took morphipe.